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Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here

BHPH dealer in NC pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, 10:40 AM
BHPH Report Staff
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced a guilty plea by a buy-here, pay-here dealer who federal officials said ran a Ponzi scheme that resulted in more than 60 investors suffering net losses in excess ... [Read More]

Goodman returns to Byrider to help franchisees

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, 10:02 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Ben Goodman is back with Byrider. According to a post on the company’s LinkedIn account, Byrider hired Goodman as its vice president of franchise operations and development. Goodman previously spent more than 11 years with Byrider in a variety of ... [Read More]

National Lenders adds Newman to reinforce Midwest presence

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, 10:01 AM
BHPH Report Staff
National Lenders reinforced its workforce again last week, appointing Brent Newman as regional vice president of sales. With more than 30 years of experience in the buy-here, pay-here and subprime auto finance sectors, National Lenders highlighted that Newman brings a ... [Read More]

NIADA unveils special credit card for members

Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, 11:30 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Here’s another path for National Independent Automobile Dealers Association members to get the credit they need to run their businesses. The association said it wanted to develop an exclusive financial product to add value to our member’s business operations with ... [Read More]

BlytzPay gains new patent approval for collections platform

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, 12:11 PM
BHPH Report Staff
BlytzPay, a collections management platform that speeds up payments and boosts customer engagement for buy-here, pay-here dealers and finance companies, announced a new patent approval for its solution, saying this week it marks a significant milestone for the company The ... [Read More]

Initial IRS data shows positive start to tax season

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Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, 10:32 AM
BHPH Report Staff
The latest filing information from the IRS database contains less than a week’s worth of activity so far this tax season, as the federal agency began to accept returns on Jan. 27. But the year-over-year comparisons show upward movement for ... [Read More]

Dealer Profit Pros wants to help you gain industry benchmarks & more

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, 12:02 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Dealer Profit Pros is looking to gain insight into several retailing metrics and is offering the possibility of dealer survey participants getting two nights at a Las Vegas resort and a round of golf. The advertising advisory firm is seeking ... [Read More]

Car-Mart points to quality assets as reason for another successful securitization

Campbell to succeed Williams as Car-Mart CEO
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, 10:42 AM
BHPH Report Staff
While the company has encountered some retail sales challenges, America’s Car-Mart found some positives to tout this week. The buy-here, pay-here dealership chain highlighted that it has completed a term securitization transaction involving the issuance of $200 million in principal ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: The BHPH evolution & how digital transformation and market forces are reshaping an industry

Wolters Kluwer: Digital transformation makes notable move when compared to 2020
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, 11:37 AM
Tiger Okeley, Oak Motors
As with many aspects of American life, the buy-here, pay-here dealership model has experienced dramatic changes over the last five years. It’s almost become cliché at this point, but the COVID-19 pandemic created a clear before-and-after moment for our industry. ... [Read More]

4 ways to take advantage of February’s arrival

Details of upcoming repossession webinars from ARA & Weltman
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, 11:46 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry MacCauley acknowledged the first month of 2025 is just about in the books already. Perhaps your dealership has had a great start to the year. Or maybe your operation has endured a colder ... [Read More]
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